John Duncan (British Army officer, born 1870)
{{short description|British Army officer}}
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|name=John Duncan
|birth_date=16 May 1870
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|death_date=1960 (aged 89−90)
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|serviceyears= 1889−
|rank= Major-General
|branch= British Army
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|commands=165th (Liverpool) Brigade
214th Brigade
60th Brigade
61st (2nd South Midland) Division
|unit=Royal Scots
|battles=Second Boer War
First World War
|awards=Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
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Major-General Francis John Duncan {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CMG|DSO}} (16 May 1870 – 1960) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Shrewsbury School,{{cite book|url=http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-II/files/assets/basic-html/page203.html|page=203|title=The VC and DSO volume II|accessdate=26 June 2020|archive-date=10 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010051055/http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Biographical/library/The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-II/files/assets/basic-html/page203.html|url-status=dead}} Duncan was commissioned into the Royal Scots on 21 September 1889.{{London Gazette|issue=25976|page=5050|date=20 September 1889}} After serving in the Second Boer War, he became military commandant at Edenburg in South Africa.
During the First World War he was deployed as a staff officer with the British Expeditionary Force, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in February 1915,{{London Gazette|issue=29074|page=1691|date=16 February 1915|supp=y}} and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in March 1915.{{London Gazette|issue=29102|page=2623|date=16 March 1915|supp=y}} He then became commander of the 165th (Liverpool) Brigade in France January 1916,{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=20 June 2020}} commander of the 214th Brigade in the UK in April 1917 and commander of 60th Brigade in France in October 1917. He went on to be General Officer Commanding 61st (2nd South Midland) Division in 1918.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cy2DCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT510|title=Douglas Haig: Diaries and Letters 1914-1918|first1= Gary|last1= Sheffield|first2=John |last2=Bourne|publisher=Phoenix|year=2006|isbn=9781474603355}}
Family
References
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Category:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
Category:British Army generals of World War I
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Category:British Army major generals
Category:People educated at Shrewsbury School
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